       DESCRIPTION OF FILES ON NEWWS FIVE-YEAR CLIENT-SURVEY PUBLIC USE FILE

                                  CD #5


The Five-Year Client Survey File and documentation include:

NOTE: All files are in ASCII.


\S5PCOVER.TXT  provides an introduction to the data and documentation and offers
 suggestions on how to use the files.


\S5README.TXT [this file] describes the files stored on this CD.


\NPBCOVER.TXT  provides a general introduction to the data and documentation
 of the NEWWS Evaluation Public Use Files (6-CD set) and offers suggestions
 on how to use the files.


\NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\DATA\N5PS1726.TXT

This is the ASCII data file with responses to sections of the survey
administered to all respondents (N=5,463).  It includes questions on child
care for employment and a limited number of child outcomes.  (More detailed
information on these subjects can be found in the Child Outcomes Study
(COS) Survey file.)  The file also contains outcome measures created
from survey responses and information on administration of the survey:
interview date, mode (phone/in-person), and length.  Each sample member
has 10 records of data.  The file is sorted by each sample member's
randomly generated IDNUMBER and record number.

IMPORTANT !!!:

1) Survey responses must be weighted to make the findings generalizable
to the Full Impact Sample.  The variable that weights the responses is
called FLD5WGT and is included on the file.  SEE N5PSSAMP.TXT and N5PS_IMP.TXT
for details.

2) Respondents' background characteristics and administrative records
data are stored on the Five-Year Full Sample Impact file. (CD #1)

\NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\CODEBOOK\N5PS_CBK.TXT

This file contains the data codebook, a comprehensive description of
N5PS1726.TXT. For each variable on the data file the codebook provides the
following information:  The name of the variable and its starting and ending
columns on the ASCII file, the variable's SAS informat (5.0 is the default),
the variable label, a brief description of the variable and any issues with
the variable.

(Note: The data are stored in ASCII, so informats can be changed to conform
to any statistical or econometric software package.)

The codebook also displays the N, NMISS, MEAN, Standard Deviation, Minimum, and
Maximum for each variable.  For variables with 51 values or less, a frequency
distribution is listed.  The frequencies show the value labels. These may be
copied and, if necessary, modified to be read into SAS or any other statistical
or econometric software package.


\NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\LAYOUT\N5PSIPUT.TXT

This file contains the body of a SAS input statement (variable name, starting
column, length, informat) which will read N5PS1726.TXT.  To run this input
statement in SAS you must add the word INPUT to the top line and a semicolon to
the bottom line.  This statement can be modified to input the data into any
statistical or econometric software package.


\NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\MEANS\N5PSMEAN.TXT

SAS PROC MEANS output contains the following information for all variables
by site:

N,Nmiss, Mean, Standard  Deviation, Minimum, Maximum


\NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\LABELS\N5PSLABL.TXT

SAS variable label statements for each variable of the data file.
Labels can be modified to conform to syntax rules of any statistical or
econometric software package.

\NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\TABLES


\SMP5TBL1.TXT   Displays sample sizes for keys subsamples. Variable names are
                included in table headers.

Annotated impact tables of key outcomes calculated with survey data.
Variable names are listed on the right side of the tables:

  Table          Outcome

\SV5TBL1.TXT     Participation in Employment-Related Activities

\SV5TBL2.TXT     Participation in Employment-Related Activities

\SV5TBL3.TXT     Participation in Employment-Related Activities

\SV5TBL4.TXT     Degree Attainment

\SV5TBL5.TXT     Employment

\SV5TBL6.TXT     Respondent and Household Income

\SV5TBL7.TXT     Respondent and Household Income

\SV5TBL8.TXT     Medical Coverage

\SV5TBL9.TXT     Medical Coverage

\SV5TBL10.TXT    Medical Coverage

\SV5TBL11.TXT    Medical Coverage

\SV5TBL12.TXT    Household Composition

\SV5TBL13.TXT    Household Composition

\SV5TBL14.TXT    Housing Status

\SV5TBL15.TXT    Child Care

\SV5TBL16.TXT    Child Outcomes


\NEWWS\PUBLIC\5YEAR\SURVEY\MEMOS


\RES_MEMO.TXT:  Background information on the research design for the NEWWS
                Evaluation, the research groups in each site, and the
                random assignment design.

\N5PSSAMP.TXT:  Background information on the sampling strategy and response
                rates for the 5-Year Client Survey and 5-Year Child Outcomes
                Study (COS) Survey.


\N5PSVARS.TXT:  Background information on outcomes recorded from survey
                interviews and additional outcome measures created from
                these data.


\N5PS_IMP.TXT:  Background information on estimating program impacts.
